Twitter bans 'secret' account apparently run by Ukip candidate Carl Benjamin; EXCLUSIVE: The social network had already banned the personal and campaign accounts run by the vlogger - known as Sargon of Akkad.

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Twitter has banned a third account apparently operated by Ukip EU election candidate Carl Benjamin.

Benjamin, a vlogger who calls himself "Sargon of Akkad", had already been banned fromTwitterin 2017 for violating the platform's rules on targeted abuse.

And on Friday an account promoting his campaign to become an MEP in next month's EU elections was banned.

Twitter said that account was suspended because it was intended to circumvent a permanent ban - despite the account claiming it was not run by Benjamin.

Today, the Mirror can reveal a third account with the username @backworldsman1, which appeared to be operated under by Benjamin under the radar, has been suspended.

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Benjamin rose to notoriety after Tweeting a message toLabourMP Jess Philips, saying "I wouldn't even rape you."

And on Friday Ukip refused to dump him as a candidate after a video emerged of him using a string of vile racial slurs.

After the campaign account was frozen, Ukip tweeted: "Official UKIP MEP Campaign account @CarlUkip, of which Carl Benjamin has no access to has been suspended from Twitter "This is election interference, and UKIP will get to the bottom of this."

UKIP refuses to dump candidate who used vile racial slurs including the n-word

Ukip defended Benjamin earlier today, after a since-deleted 2015 video emerged showing him repeatedly used the words "n****r" and "spic".

The vlogger also repeatedly described two people as a "fag" and a "retard" and used an apparently anti-Semitic meme in the clip.

And he said it was "just f***ing fine" to describe an Asian woman as a "chink".

Anti-fascist group HOPE not Hate, which obtained the video, said the "appalling slurs" showed the "mask has slipped."

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: MEP Candidate, Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, attends the launch of the UKIP European election campaign, in Westminster on April 18, 2019 in London, England. As the date for Brexit has been extended it is likely that the UK will take part in the forthcoming European Elections to choose MEPs to represent regions of the UK in the European Parliament. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Youtuber Carl Benjamin is interviewed following a UKIP press conference on April 18, 2019 in London, England. As the date for Brexit has been extended, it is likely that the UK will take part in the forthcoming European Elections to choose MEPs to represent regions of the UK in the European Parliament. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)